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A Man in Full (TV series)
A Man in Full is a 2024 Netflix six-episode limited series by David E. Kelley, adapting Tom Wolfe's 1998 novel, starring Jeff Daniels as bankrupt Atlanta real estate mogul Charlie Croker; released May 2, 2024, ended after one season.
A Suitable Boy (TV series)
A Suitable Boy (TV series): 2020 six-part BBC One miniseries, also on Netflix, adapted by Andrew Davies from Vikram Seth's 1993 novel, directed by Mira Nair, starring Tanya Maniktala, Ishaan Khatter, and Tabu in 1951 post-Partition India.
A Tale of Two Cities (2026 TV series)
A Tale of Two Cities (2026) is an MGM+ and BBC One four-part limited series adapting Dickens's novel, created by Daniel West, starring Kit Harington as Sydney Carton, premiering September 6, 2026.
A Woman of Substance (2026 TV series)
A Woman of Substance (2026) is Channel 4's eight-part remake of Barbara Taylor Bradford's 1979 novel, starring Jessica Reynolds and Brenda Blethyn as Emma Harte across six decades, from a 1911 Yorkshire maid to a New York mogul, with a second series commissioned.
All Creatures Great and Small (2020 TV series)
All Creatures Great and Small (2020–) is a Channel 5 and PBS Masterpiece comedy-drama reboot of James Herriot's veterinary memoirs, starring Nicholas Ralph, Samuel West, and Rachel Shenton, set in 1930s–1940s Yorkshire, distinct from the 1975 film and 1978–1990 BBC series.
Anansi Boys (TV series)
Anansi Boys is an unreleased six-episode Prime Video limited series adapted from Neil Gaiman's 2005 novel, ordered in 2021, filmed in Scotland 2021-2022 with Malachi Kirby and Delroy Lindo, and shelved after 2025 allegations against Gaiman.
Anne with an E
Anne with an E is a 2017–2019 CBC/Netflix drama adapted from Anne of Green Gables, created by Moira Walley-Beckett, starring Amybeth McNulty, 27 episodes, 3 seasons, cancelled after season 3.
Bleak House (2005 TV serial)
Bleak House (2005 TV serial), BBC1 adaptation of Dickens's novel by Andrew Davies, produced by Nigel Stafford-Clark; 15 episodes after EastEnders, first major British drama shot in HD, Peabody Award, about six million viewers.
Catch-22 (miniseries)
Catch-22 (2019) is a six-episode Hulu war drama miniseries adapted from Joseph Heller's 1961 novel, executive produced, co-directed by, and co-starring George Clooney, written by Luke Davies and David Michôd, starring Christopher Abbott as Yossarian, with Kyle Chandler and Hugh Laurie.
Centennial (miniseries)
Centennial is a 12-episode American television miniseries broadcast on NBC from 1978 to 1979, adapted from James A. Michener's 1974 novel about a Colorado town's history.
Cranford (TV series)
Cranford (also Return to Cranford) is a BBC One period drama, 2007–2009, 7 episodes, adapted by Heidi Thomas from Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford, My Lady Ludlow, and Mr Harrison's Confessions, starring Judi Dench as Miss Matty Jenkyns in an 1842 Cheshire town.
Death Comes to Pemberley (TV series)
Death Comes to Pemberley: three-part 2013 BBC One drama adapted from P.D. James's 2011 sequel novel to Pride and Prejudice, starring Matthew Rhys and Anna Maxwell Martin as the Darcys investigating a murder at Pemberley.
Dickensian (TV series)
Dickensian (BBC One, 2015–16) was a 20-part drama by Tony Jordan placing about 25 Dickens characters, including Fagin, Scrooge and Miss Havisham, in one Victorian street around a Marley murder mystery, axed after one series despite a £10m budget.
East of Eden (2026 miniseries)
East of Eden (2026 miniseries): seven-episode Netflix limited drama adapted by Zoe Kazan from Steinbeck's 1952 novel, starring Florence Pugh as Cathy Ames; premiered October 1, 2026, filmed in New Zealand, 19.1 million views.
Frank Herbert's Children of Dune
Frank Herbert's Children of Dune is a three-episode, 4-hour-19-minute Sci Fi Channel miniseries, the sequel to the 2000 miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune, directed by Greg Yaitanes.
Hamburg Days
Hamburg Days is a six-part German-British TV drama about the Beatles' formative 1960-1962 Hamburg club residencies, based on Klaus Voormann's autobiography, produced by W&B Television and Turbine Studios for ZDF, BBC, and AGC, airing 2027.
Harry Potter (TV series)
Harry Potter (TV series), also called Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone season 1, is HBO's decade-long adaptation of J.K. Rowling's seven novels, premiering December 25, 2026 on HBO Max with Dominic McLaughlin, Arabella Stanton, and Alastair Stout.
Hotel Portofino
Hotel Portofino is a British period drama series (2022, BritBox/PBS) created by Matt Baker, about the Ainsworth family running a 1920s hotel on the Italian Riviera under rising fascism; three seasons, filmed mainly in Croatia.
Jeeves and Wooster
Jeeves and Wooster: Granada/ITV comedy-drama (1990-1993, 23 episodes, 4 series) adapted from P.G. Wodehouse, starring Stephen Fry as Jeeves and Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster, written by Clive Exton.
Lark Rise to Candleford (TV series)
BBC One costume drama series 2008-2011, four series, adapted by Bill Gallagher from Flora Thompson's semi-autobiographical trilogy; Laura Timmins apprentices at Dorcas Lane's Candleford post office; about seven million viewers.
Little Dorrit (TV series)
Little Dorrit (2008) is a BBC1 miniseries in 14 half-hour episodes adapted by Andrew Davies from Dickens's novel, starring Claire Foy, Matthew Macfadyen, and Tom Courtenay; a BBC–WGBH Boston co-production that won two Primetime Emmys.
Little House on the Prairie (2026 TV series)
Little House on the Prairie (2026) is a Netflix drama series created by Rebecca Sonnenshine, adapting Laura Ingalls Wilder's 1935 novel; 8 episodes premiered July 9, 2026, starring Luke Bracey and Alice Halsey, renewed for a second season adapting On the Banks of Plum Creek.
Little Women (2017 TV series)
Little Women (2017 TV series): three-part BBC One and Masterpiece PBS adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's 1868 novel, written by Heidi Thomas, directed by Vanessa Caswill, starring Maya Hawke as Jo March.
Lord of the Flies (TV series)
Lord of the Flies (2026) is a four-episode BBC/Stan limited series, the first TV adaptation of Golding's novel, adapted by Jack Thorne, directed by Marc Munden, starring Winston Sawyers, Lox Pratt, and David McKenna, streaming on Netflix from May 4, 2026.
Mildred Pierce (miniseries)
Mildred Pierce (2011) is a five-episode HBO miniseries directed by Todd Haynes, starring Kate Winslet, Guy Pearce, and Evan Rachel Wood. It adapts James M. Cain's 1941 novel, not the 1945 Joan Crawford film, and won 5 of 21 Emmys.
Miss Austen
Miss Austen is a 2025 four-part BBC/PBS Masterpiece period drama adapted by Andrea Gibb from Gill Hornby's 2020 novel, starring Keeley Hawes as Cassandra Austen, who burned Jane Austen's letters; premiered 2 February 2025 on BBC One.
Parade's End (TV series)
Parade's End (2012) is a five-part BBC Two/HBO miniseries adapted by Tom Stoppard from Ford Madox Ford's tetralogy, directed by Susanna White, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Rebecca Hall, and Adelaide Clemens; critically acclaimed but with modest, declining ratings.
Poldark (1975 TV series)
Poldark (1975–1977) is the original BBC adaptation of Winston Graham's Cornish novels, starring Robin Ellis and Angharad Rees, 29 episodes in two series, an estimated 15 million viewers, later remade in 2015 with Aidan Turner.
Poldark (2015 TV series)
Poldark (2015–2019) is a BBC One historical drama by Mammoth Screen, written by Debbie Horsfield, adapting Winston Graham's Cornish novels across five series and 43 episodes, starring Aidan Turner and Eleanor Tomlinson, distinct from the 1975–77 Robin Ellis version.
Pride and Prejudice (2026 TV series)
Pride and Prejudice (2026) is a six-part Netflix limited series adapting Jane Austen's 1813 novel, written by Dolly Alderton, directed by Euros Lyn, starring Emma Corrin, Jack Lowden, and Olivia Colman, premiering December 3, 2026.